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Solanum rubetorum

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Identification
Solanum rubetorum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lester,R.N.,
Related name
  • Solanum tomentosum
  • Solanum rigrescens
  • Solanum rigescens
  • Solanum rubetorum
  • Solanum urosepalum

Flora

Entry for SOLANUM rigescens Jacq. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
SOLANUM rigescens Jacq. [family SOLANACEAE], Hort. Schœnbr. i. 19, t. 42;—Drège in Linnæa, xx. 203; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 301 (incl. var. nanum).
SOLANUM rubetorum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], l.c. 304.
SOLANUM sp. Drège [family SOLANACEAE], Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 137.
Information
stem shrubby, 2 ft. high, erect, terete; spines 2 lin. long, subulate from a broad base; branches stellately hairy when young; leaves ovate in general outline, sinuately 5–7-lobed, with stellate hairs on both surfaces, those on the upper having one ray much longer than the rest, spiny on the chief nerves, unequal at the base, 3 in. by 2 in.; lobes entire, obtuse; cymes racemose, few-flowered; calyx-tube cup-shaped; lobes linear, 2 lin. long; corolla violet or deep purple, 10 lin. in diam., widely campanulate, hairy outside and on the midrib inside; lobes broadly triangular, 3 1/2 lin. long; filaments short; anthers 3 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, with 2 small terminal pores; style 6 lin. long, thickened and curved upwards; fruit 6 lin. in diam.; globose, black or reddish, smooth. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; between the Zuurberg Range and Klein Bruinjtes Hoogte, 2000–2500 ft., Drège 7858! on Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3218! Somerset East, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 883! Bowker! Fraserburg Div.; between Karree River and Klein Quaggas Fontein, Burchell, 1416!COAST REGION Knysna Div.; Plettenberg Bay, Pappe! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, 50–500 ft., Zeyher, 3469! Enon, 400 ft., Baur, 1026! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 883! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1560! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 483! Queenstown Div.; Finchams Nek, 4300 ft., Galpin, 2552! East London Div.; plains near Cove Rock, 50 ft., Galpin, 3175! British Kaffraria; without precise locality, Baur! Cooper, 110!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1016!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Krebs (ex Dunal).

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